Benefits and discounts
Find out more about benefits, discounts and support available to UWE Bristol alumni.
Lifelong learning
Professional discounts
We're delighted to offer UWE Bristol alumni a tuition fee discount of 20% for 2025 entry on a number of our full-time and part-time taught postgraduate courses.
Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
If you graduated from an undergraduate course last year or are due to graduate this year, you may be eligible to apply for a Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship, which provides a 50% discount on selected full-time and part-time postgraduate courses.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Our diverse professional training courses offer you the opportunity to acquire new skills and enhance your existing experience. Many of our short and professional courses offer discounted prices to UWE Bristol alumni.
Trailblazer programme
Offered exclusively to UWE Bristol alumni, our Trailblazer Programme focuses on maximising personal impact, boosting effectiveness and leaderships skills.
Careers and business support
Whether you need support finding a new job, progressing in your role, changing careers, or launching a new business, UWE Careers and Enterprise can support you. We can also help you recruit UWE Bristol student and graduate talent for your organisation.
Support for new graduates
Access to UWE Bristol systems
If you have recently graduated, or are soon to leave UWE Bristol, please look at the information for final year students, which clarifies how long you have access to systems such as Blackboard, MYUWE and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Careers toolkit
Develop your self-awareness and get practical advice on making your next career move. Get access to the Career toolkit via InfoHub to get instant CV feedback and access to an interview simulator, CV builder, practice tests, online workshops and more. You can also get free individual career coaching for up to three years after graduation from UWE Bristol.
LinkedIn Learning
With free access to LinkedIn Learning for up to a year after you complete your course, explore a vast library of over 16,000 expert-led online courses and video tutorials.
Blackbullion
Blackbullion is an award-winning education technology company which offers free financial advice online, equipping students and graduates with money skills for life. Free access is available whilst you still have a UWE Bristol email address – so for around one year after course completion.
Connect with others
Alumni Connect networking and mentoring
Join a community of more than 7,000 UWE Bristol alumni and students from around the world. You will find industry experts, professional contacts, local connections and old friends. You can offer to be a mentor or browse for a mentor yourself.
Reunions
We can support you in organising a reunion to re-connect with your classmates. If you're interested in arranging a reunion event, our reunion web pages explain how we can help.
Find your friends
We can also help you connect with old University friends, either through our Alumni Connect site or find your friends service.
UWE Bristol events
You may be interested in attending our in-person and online events such as The Bristol Distinguished Address Series (BDAS). Our events diary has all our upcoming events listed. Please update your details and opt in with us to receive specific events relevant to you.
Library membership
UWE Bristol alumni can join the library as members for free. Alumni are entitled to borrow up to five books at a time. Please note that, due to the University's licensing agreements, you are unable to borrow audio-visual materials.
To take advantage of the Library borrowing entitlement, simply complete the online application to join the Library.
UWE Bristol Eye Clinic
You can get free sight tests and contact lens fittings with our third year Optometry students, supervised by qualified optometrists, during term time, from late September through Easter.
Enjoy a 15% discount on eyewear over £70.
UWE Bristol Sport
Alumni receive discounts on UWE Bristol Sport membership packages, facility hire and sports services such as physiotherapy.
There is also the opportunity to get involved in events, such as the Bristol 10K where you run as part of the Varsity team. Alumni can also join The Students' Union at UWE sports clubs.
Access UWE Bristol's Sports Rehabilitation Clinic, based on Glenside Campus, for a variety of services available to alumni with sports-related injuries. The service is run by students on the BSc(Hons) Sport Rehabilitation course, under supervision by experienced clinicians, specialising in musculoskeletal management, exercise-based rehabilitation and fitness.
Centre for Music
Alumni registration to the Centre for Music is £30. This includes access to all our professionally directed ensembles and choirs and the opportunity to join us at national competitions, tours and events.
Referencing tools
Free referencing tools available to our Alumni.
Mendeley
Free online reference manager tool that allows you to store and format references and then incorporate them into Word documents. It can help you to manage and organise your research and collaborate with others online. It enables you to import citations and research papers from online databases, and it can generate bibliographies.
Zotero
Zotero is a free, open-access reference management tool for alumni, researchers, and academics. Create citations, footnotes, and bibliographies, supporting 18 popular citation styles with more available for download.
You can attach PDFs, notes, and images to citations, organise them into searchable folders, and export bibliographic data from various sources.
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